… five senior officials suspended President’s Counsel Maithri Gunaratne has urged the Parliament to intervene in an ongoing investigation conducted...
Colombo Fort Magistrate Isuru Neththikumara has directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to arrest former SriLankan Airlines board member Shasheendra...
Sri Lanka seamer Nuwan Thushara has withdrawn his lawsuit against Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), just weeks after filing it when...
Israeli attacks have killed five people in southern Lebanon, including a journalist, Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported, further straining...
South Africa completed their highest successful chase in T20Is and sealed the five-match series against India with two matches to...
It wasn’t the high-scoring spectacle that people might have expected, especially with Vaibhav Sooryavanshi in the house, but that didn’t...
Warm Weather Advisory Issued by the Natural Hazards Early Warning Centre Issued at 3.30 p.m. on 22 April 2026, valid...
Iran’s IRGC says it has seized two vessels for “disrupting order and safety in the Strait of Hormuz”, The IRGC...
The importance of establishing learning centers at regional level has been identified in order to achieve multiple objectives, including the...
Approval was granted at the Cabinet Meeting held on 21-10-2025 to carry out a feasibility study and prepare detailed plans...
The Special Import Licence Regulations No. 01 of 2023, published in Extraordinary Gazette No. 2312/77 dated 01-01-2023, prohibit the importation...
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished by the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs to appoint Iraj...
The Supreme Chef Season 3 Youth Edition which is a trademarked initiative of the Skills for Inclusive Growth program (S4IG) with support from the Australian Government,...
SJB Colombo District MP S.M. Marikkar called on the Government to take steps to stop large-scale frauds taking place in the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation. Speaking in Parliament,...
SJB MP Imthiaz Bakeer Markar has questioned President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s image of a liberal leader in view of the Government’s proposed Rehabilitation bill. Addressing a press...
The N. U. Jayawardena Charitable Trust last week donated two electric motorcycles to St. Benedict’s College, Colombo 13, to be used in the Technical Education Division...
Professor Mohan Munasinghe, 2021 Blue Planet Prize Laureate and co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Peace, was recently invited to deliver a keynote speech at...
People, Events, Places By Nan (S. Godage & Brothers Pvt. Ltd. Colombo 2022) 277pp Rs 1250 Reviewed by Jayantha Somasundaram This book is a collection of...
It would be fair to say that JRJ had the most competent Cabinet of Ministers of modern times. As usual the new Prime Minster (he was...
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis is deepening with unsustainable debt and a severe balance of payment crisis on top of lingering scars of the COVID-19 pandemic, the...
by Austin Fernando I read ‘Memoirs of a Water Engineer,’ a collection of 19 essays by Eng. Palitha Manchanayake, with great pleasure and satisfaction. The essays...
By Sanjeewa Jayaweera For a short time, the word “system change” was on the lips of many, spoken, shouted, and written with a great deal of...
The Ven. Maha Nayakes, His Eminence the Archbishop of Colombo and the opposition parties have urged the Elections Commission to hold the local government elections to...
By SHIHAR ANEEZ ECONOMYNEXT –The latest resolution that promotes reconciliation in Sri Lanka was passed by 20 votes against 7 at the United Nations Human Rights Council...
